Hydrochloric Acid → tert-Butyl 3-sulfanylazetidine-1-carboxylate

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Mixture of tert-butyl 3-(acetylthio)azetidine-1-carboxylate (STEP C, 700 mg, 3.03 mmol), methanol (10 mL) and potassium carbonate (836 mg, 6.05 mol) was stirred at 50° C. for 2 h and cooled to room temperature. To the reaction mixture was added 2 mol/L hydrochloric acid for solution acidified (pH <4). The resulting solution was extracted with diethyl ether (30 mL×2). The organic layer was combined and washed with water (30 mL×2) and brine (30 mL). The extract was dried with magnesium sulfate and concentrated. Resulting crude product (581 mg) was used without further purification.

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